Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 11
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

SAFER LONDON 

Our vision is a city that is safe for the young Londoners who live here. By working alongside young Londoners, their families and peers, as well as with the places where they live and spend their time, we can create a safer London not just for them but for everyone.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 19 years

www.saferlondon.org.uk

info@saferlondon.org.uk

02070210301

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£3,633£3,592£41£162£806£8062.7590
31/03/22£3,558£3,288£271£122£765£7652.8570
31/03/21£2,948£2,804£145£0£495£4952.1600
31/03/20*£2,859£2,984£-125£0£350£3231.3600
31/03/19£3,098£3,066£32£27£475£3981.66331
31/03/18£3,158£3,036£122£0£442£3741.5680
31/03/17*£2,532£2,933£-402£0£321£2451660
31/03/16£2,048£2,407£-360£0£723£5632.8520
31/03/15*£2,062£1,831£231£13£1,220£5903.9380
31/03/14£1,564£1,784£-220£31£989£5994320
31/03/13£1,974£1,729£245£150£1,209£6524.5240
31/03/12?£1,079£781£298£9£963£80712.4100
31/05/11£606£941£-335£21£665£6558.470
31/05/10£689£795£-106£35£1,000£95814.590
31/05/09£946£1,078£-132£35£1,106£98511100
31/05/08£1,521£1,042£480£36£1,238£8319.680
31/05/07£1,174£788£387£40£758£2263.490
31/05/06*£421£350£71£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 49%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 2.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 59 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime£1,141,144
Home Office£281,199
Esmee Fairbairn£234,100
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£60,000
The London Community Foundation£47,038
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - Grant to Safer London
£200,000 21/03/2023
London Gang Exit (Modification to MOPAC 559, MOPAC 182 and MOPAC 41): Cost Extension - 2022/23 Funding
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - Grant to Safer London
£424,800 10/03/2023
Ministry of Justice DA/SV 22-25 - Funding for 2 x 1 FTE CYP Sexual Violence Caseworkers
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Safer London
£13,200 27/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - Grant to Safer London
£261,344 24/05/2022
Out There Rescue & Response - Modification to MOPAC 622
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - Grant to Safer London
£255,000 22/04/2022
Pan London Housing Reciprocal-Grant Modification (MOPAC 544)
Home Office - CSA Support Services Transformation Fund
£128,997 01/04/2021
The purpose of the funding is: 1) To promote and disseminate best practice in the provision of support to help children and young people cope with and, as far as possible, recover from sexual abuse. ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Safer London
£198,000 22/09/2020
36
Towards Project costs Towards an organisation working to further develop a best-practice approach to address and prevent boys? and young men?s Harmful Sexual Behaviours by embedding effective ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Safer London
£32,038 17/07/2020
Additional costs due to COVID-19 lockdown until end of October 2020 as outlined in your application budget.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Safer London
£15,000 26/05/2020
This funding will make sure we can deliver our remote interventions safely, securely, and reliably. With all of our work now dependent on high levels of connectivity we have an urgent need to migrate ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Safer London
£22,900 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Home Office - SAFER LONDON
£118,000 01/04/2020
This work supports the Home Office’s response to reducing serious violence and tackling Violence Against Women and Girls.Safeguarding gang-associated women and girls was one of the six key ....more
Home Office - SAFER LONDON
£34,202 01/04/2020
The purpose of the funding is: 1) To promote and disseminate best practice in the provision of support to help children and young people cope with and, as far as possible, recover from sexual abuse. ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Dedicated Participation Manager and embedding Safer London's Participation Strategy
£60,000 19/07/2019
24
To integrate a participation strategy into the organisation's core work to prevent violence, sexual exploitation and vulnerability amongst young people across London.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Safer London Foundation
£296,200 21/03/2019
60
£296,200 over five years (£56,900; £58,100; £59,200; £60,400; £61,600) to fund the Young Men’s Service Project Manager and associated project costs & overheads to deliver and expand The ....more
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Safer London
£60,000 03/12/2018
36
Towards the salary costs of an Evidence and Insight Coordinator to better understand the impact its services have on vulnerable young people in London, to share expertise and to map provision.
Home Office - Knife Crime Community Fund 18-19
£11,890 03/09/2018
The fund was set up in 2017/18 to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. The fund was open to ....more
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Safer London
£50,000 29/05/2018
36
Preventing homelessness for women/girls in social housing
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Safer London
£60,000 07/12/2017
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Helping young people in London to overcome danger and disadvantage.
£60,000 25/09/2017
24
Safer London works to prevent violence, sexual exploitation and vulnerability amongst young people across London. The grant will contribute to the salaries of the Director of Operations, Director of ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£75,000 18/07/2017
Transforming the lives of children and young people exposed to gangs, violence, sexual exploitation, and crime
Trust for London - Safer London
£88,500 07/06/2017
18
The funding is to support Safer London and intends to pilot a new intervention model that combines contemporary research from the University of Bedfordshire with our practise experience. Our approach ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Safer London
£30,000 10/05/2017
36
To provide early intervention sessions to young men and boys who display challenging of harmful attitudes towards sex and relationships. They will develop improved health and wellbeing, understanding ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Safer London
£139,600 31/08/2016
36
Towards a project working with young men who are displaying harmful sexual behaviour.
National Lottery Community Fund - Empower Families
£429,000 08/07/2015
36
This project complements existing work supporting young women aged 11 to 18 to address the emotional and physical harm caused by experiences of sexual violence and exploitation, primarily through ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Safer London
£100,000 18/07/2012
Towards a programme that supports the hidden victims of gangs - young women aged 11-18 who are 'at risk' of sexual exploitation, violence and gang involvement.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-76
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/05/2005, number: 1109444
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/07/2004, number: 05190766
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR20: 4 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR15: 7 days late, AR06: 61 days late,
Main office

154-156 BLACKFRIARS ROAD
Room 301
Safer London
London
SE1 8EN

Objectives

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHIN GREATER LONDON AND ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO SUPPORT YOUNG PERSONS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED OR LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE, EXPLOITATION AND CRIME BY, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION): A) PROMOTING EDUCATION, MENTORING AND SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE NOT TO TAKE UP OR, IF ALREADY INVOLVED, TO GIVE UP VIOLENT, EXPLOITATIVE AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY; B) PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO THE VICTIMS OR POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE, EXPLOITATION AND CRIME; C) PROMOTING TRAINING AND SKILLS PROJECTS AS A MEANS OF KEEPING YOUNG PEOPLE OUT OF VIOLENT, EXPLOITATIVE AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY; AND D) PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES FACED BY THOSE AFFECTED OR LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE, EXPLOITATION AND CRIME.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON

Data Sources

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